Mandi Kerr is an experienced entertainment writer. She specializes in British royal family content, covering Meghan Markle, Prince Harry, Kate Middleton, and more. Mandi’s coverage analyzes how the royals interact with each other and the media, giving readers valuable insight. She’s been interested in how many members of the family make their own interests part of their royal identities. (Mandi points to Middleton’s passion for parenting and the study she helped to conduct as one example.) Her personal interests in Gilmore Girls and baking, particularly with recipes from Ina Garten, led her to cover those extensively for our site.
Make breakfast the Barefoot Contessa way and make Ina Garten's homemade granola bars ahead. The cookbook author uses a mix of nuts, oatmeal, fruit, and coconut to make granola bars.
There's still a lot that has to happen between Meghan Markle and Prince Harry and Prince William and Kate Middleton for them to reunite as the royal "fab four," according to royal expert Katie Nicholl.
Lorelai and Rory Gilmore don't have the only mother-daughter relationship on 'Gilmore Girls'. There are multiple mother-daughter relationships that play out on the TV show.
Make Ina Garten's panna cotta recipe and be prepared to make "grown men cry." The Barefoot Contessa's simple recipe is a wow-worthy dessert for any dinner party.
Lorelai and Rory Gilmore basically live on take-out, food from Luke's Diner, Pop-Tarts, and coffee. Revisit some of their most memorable 'Gilmore Girls' food moments.
In an April 2021 interview Elizabeth called being sprayed with "freezing cold water" while filming the third episode of 'WandaVision' one of her favorite moments. "I don’t know what happened, but it was so funny."
Ina Garten suggests keeping a home bar stocked with simple ingredients for any cocktail party. Here's what the Barefoot Contessa typically has on hand: Scotch, gin, bourbon, wine (red and white), vodka, club soda, ginger ale, and tonic.
Ina Garten recommended cookware is popular among Barefoot Contessa fans but how does the cookbook author keep her pots and pans looking brand new? She lets them soak overnight.
Ina Garten has a trick for getting the perfect graham cracker crust on her Frozen Key Lime Pie. The Barefoot Contessa doesn't press too hard when putting the crust in the pie pan. If that's not enough, she lets the pie defrost for a few minutes before serving.
Royal author Anna Pasternak told Vanity Fair in April 2021 she's "not 100% sure" Prince Charles will become king. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's royal exit may have something to do with it.
Ina Garten has a decades-old jar of homemade vanilla extract in her pantry but she uses store-bought on 'Barefoot Contessa' because people may not have the homemade stuff in their kitchen.
Lauren Graham once called the relationship between Lorelai Gilmore and Emily Gilmore just "as essential" to 'Gilmore Girls' as the Lorelai-Rory relationship.
In 2015, Matt Damon said he had a "tough" time finding acting roles because Hollywood no longer makes the movies that have been his "bread and butter for 20 years."
Lorelai and Rory Gilmore celebrated a number of birthdays on 'Gilmore Girls', including their own. How do the TV show's birthday episodes stack up against each other? The first 'Gilmore Girls' birthday episode ranks the best on IMDb.